I will be doing a set at Luthier’s Co-op in Easthampton MA this Thursday, August 10. You should get home at an early hour. These are usually just 45-minute concerts. My friends Charlie Thompson and Mike Sullivan will join me. If I can figure out how to broadcast with Facebook Live, I will. I have attempted to do a little… Read more →
Tag: jazz
Between
The time between Barbara’s passing and her celebration of life/memorial gave us enough time to plan something nice. But not the time to overthink it. When she was in hospice we were talking about a date in May. But by the time I returned to Hampden the new date was moved up a month to April 2nd. There were emails back and… Read more →
Open Mic Therapy Tour: Part 2
Every silver lining has a cloud. That is my way to say that I didn’t win the jackpot Powerball. I was going to cure Huntington’s Disease with what was left after paying my bills. I guess it will have to wait a while. And although I will be in Reno for a week or so, casinos are not my thing.… Read more →
Everything Takes Longer
MUSIC: This song is my personal addendum to Murphy’s Law. “Everything Takes Longer. Everything Costs More” is part of Lehndorff’s Law and the reason my design business is such a huge success. Oh, wait… But this song seems to be my mantra of the day. Love on the Line by Peter Lehndorff Peter Lehndorff: guitar, vocals Jeff Pevar: electric… Read more →
My Two Cents Worth
MUSIC: This is one of my favorite tunes to play on the guitar. I was given a basic book of jazz guitar chords when I was photographing the great bass player Carole Kay, and one of the first exercises was this progression. I kept playing it and words came to me. This version has me doing most everything including my… Read more →
The Band in the Attic: Mustang midi controller
MUSIC: I’m a guitarist. I really stink on the piano and have never had the money to get an actual keyboard to add other instruments to my tracks. So this was the next best thing. This is a video to demonstrate how I use a video game controller, The Rock Band Mustang Pro controller to build midi tracks like piano… Read more →
What goes around, comes around
MUSIC: This song was inspired, sort-of, by listening to a bunch of Mark Erelli songs. Mark is one of my favorite songwriters and I was fortunate enough to design his first two CDs on Signature Sounds. He tells stories with many of his songs and somehow it inspired me to come up with one of my own. This is one… Read more →